Episodes

  • Farewell and Parting messages
    Mar 24 2023

    Matthew and Athan have decided to pursue our own individual projects, but a lot of the same content discussed here will be discussed on their separate projects. You can find a link to Athan's new Podcast here: and Matthew's new Podcast here. We encourage you to subscribe to both

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    1 min
  • Episode #19 Phaedo and the Death of Socrates with William Hamilton
    Feb 10 2023

    In this episode, we evaluate Socrates' proof of the immortality of the soul and the implications it has on our own conceptions of life after death. While doing so, we also dive into a discussion of how we come to attain knowledge of things.


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    PDF link to Phased can be found here: http://cscs.res.in/dataarchive/textfiles/textfile.2010-09-15.2713280635/file

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    1 hr and 22 mins
  • The New Agora (Trailer)
    1 min
  • Introducing The New Agora
    Jan 31 2023

    Here, we Introduce The New Agora and provide some logistics




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    11 mins
  • Episode 18 with Fergus Cleland: On Euthyphro and the Limits of Language
    Jan 28 2023

    In this Episode, we read the Socratic Dialogue Euthyphro and discuss with Fergus Cleland the dilemma that arises from the conclusions or lack there of that Socrates makes. Specifically, we discuss it in the context of language and the limits they have on our ability to communicate and articulate concepts to each other. A PDF of the Readings can be found below:


    Public PDF: https://users.manchester.edu/Facstaff/SSNaragon/Online/texts/201/Plato,%20Euthyphro.pdf

    PDF that we used: https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/ed/detail.action?docID=740466

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    1 hr and 20 mins
  • Episode #17 Parmenides
    Jan 21 2023

    This is the first of our series of episodes on Ancient Greek Philosophy. Today we began with Parmenides of Elea. Link Tree Below:

    https://www.thenewagora.org

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    1 hr and 49 mins
  • Episode #16: An Interview with Co-Host Matthew Brown
    Jan 14 2023

    In this episode, Athan interviews Mathew about his life story, thus far, in order to better understand why he is so passionate about Critical Theory, and what he is trying to achieve through his thinking and writing on the topic.

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    1 hr and 32 mins
  • Episode #15: Good News
    Dec 30 2022

    It’s far too easy to get caught up with what is wrong with the world these days. So, what is going right? In this episode, it is time for some good news. Choosing from a couple of sources (see below) Matthew and Athan highlight the good news stories that catch their eyes to shed a little light on some of the awesome things human beings are up to.

    https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/

    https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/

    https://www.humanprogress.org/

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    44 mins